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 Rh of their Forces in the first Battle, which was fought with such Resolution, that it lasted a whole Day. And now Antoninus was proclaim'd Emperour by the Army, the Tenth time.

'Twere to be wish'd we could give a particular Account of these last glorious Campagnes, but since there's no Historian extant to transmit the Detail, we must be contented to understand in General, that this War was no less Troublesome than any of the former; That the King of Schythia beheaded several of his Officers upon a Suspicion of their holding Correspondence with the Romans ; That Antoninus fought a great many Battels very obstinate and bloody, in which the Victory was always gain'd by the force of his Conduct, and the extraordinary Bravery of his Person ; that he was always at the Head of his Troops in the hottest Service; That he Built and Garrison'd several Forts to keep the Country in Awe ; And that in the beginning of March, when he was going to open his third Campagne, he was seiz'd with a Distemper at Vienna, which carried him off in a few Days.

'Tis said his Physicians used him ill, and hasten'd his Death, to make their Court to Commodus : Dion Cassius is positive in this Opinion, which if it be true, Rh